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{{Short description|Stress on the last syllable of a word, like "correct" or "reward"}}
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In linguistics, an '''oxytone''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɒ|k|s|ᵻ|t|oʊ|n}}; from the {{langx|grc|ὀξύτονος}}, ''{{Transliteration|grc|oxýtonos}}'', 'sharp-sounding'{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}) is a word with the [[stress (linguistics)|stress]] on the last [[syllable]],<ref>{{Cite Q|Q124444420}}</ref>{{Rp|118}} such as the [[English language|English]] words ''correct'' and ''reward''.

It contrasts with a [[paroxytone]], stressed on the [[penult]]imate (second-last) syllable, and a [[proparoxytone]], stressed on the antepenultimate (third-last) syllable.

==See also==
*[[Barytone]]
*[[Oxytonesis]]
*[[Penult]]
*[[Perispomenon]]
*[[Properispomenon]]
*[[Ultima (linguistics)]]

==References==
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[[Category:Phonology]]
[[Category:Ancient Greek]]
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